Congolese journalists covering the anti-government protests that have rocked the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the past year and a half are telling vastly different stories, depending on the outlet they work for.
In a media landscape that is heavily politicised, reporters are presenting conflicting narratives, too often based on political interests rather than facts.
Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed. It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public.
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en DangerNearly 15 years since the end of the civil war, the majority of the DRC's media outlets - approximately 80 percent - are in the hands, or under direct control, of politicians. To explain why this is the case, you have to rewind a couple of decades, to the 1990s, when the 30-year rule of President MobutuSese Seko officially came to an end.
"Before 1990, under the dictatorship, there were only two or three media outlets, all of which acted as the government's megaphone. But after 1990 we had a period of political openness and there was a media explosion - hundreds of radio stations, newspapers and TV channels were created: every politician wanted their own media outlet, not to disseminate information, but rather for political propaganda," explains Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general of Congolese press freedom organisation Journaliste en Danger.
With funding tied to political interests, journalists in the DRC are restricted in the stories they can - and cannot - tell.
Jennifer Bakody, a former journalist at UN-funded Radio Okapi, says that "the crux of the problems in the Congo is money. Congolese journalists need salaries. The work that they are doing serves a very important function in society but is rarely salaried in the way that we understand it to be. The money that a journalist receives is directly tied to the stories that he or she covers. The issue then very much becomes brown envelope journalism."
Guy Muyembe, president of blogging conglomerate Habari DRC, explains that political ownership has serious consequences for journalists' ability to deliver objective information.
"Owners intervene and define the editorial line, they force you to cover some topics and not others - for example, prioritising the coverage of political meetings or the companies funding their activities, rather than everyday life. Freedom of the press is completely restricted - there is no chance to be independent and this creates big problems."
But political financing - and the brown envelope journalism and corruption that go hand in hand - are not the only problems journalists in the DRC are facing. Reporters who criticise the government or the country's numerous militia organisations - through stories of human rights abuses, mismanagement or corruption - face the threat of harassment, arrest, and even murder.
Eliezer Tambwe, editor of Tokomo Wapi, an online outlet that calls for the resignation of PresidentJoseph Kabila, was arrested by security forces in March. He believes his arrest was the result of his coverage of the nation-wide protests.
"My reporting was upsetting the regime, and that's definitely why I was arrested. I was showing the public that it is not right that the government is spilling people's blood, that it is suppressing people who are just demanding their rights. Because I was doing that, they needed to find a reason to silence me."
And it's not just Tambwe.
"Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed," says Tshivuad. "It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public."
Contributors:
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en Danger
Jennifer Bakody, author of Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station That Helped Bring Peace to The Congo, and former journalist at Radio Okapi
Eliezer Tambwe, editor, Tokomo Wapi
Fiston Kamanda, journalist, RTNC
Guy Muyembe, president, Habari RDC
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Citizens of Beni state in DRC are tired with UN sildiers commonly known as MONUC. Recently they confronted the soldiers in anger and are told them to leave their country and Go back where they came from...Developing.

published:29 Oct 2018

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*Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament will, at PresidentJoseph Kabila’s request, hold a special session to consider legislation providing legal protection for former presidents, lawmakers said.*
The announcement could be a further sign that Kabila intends to step down after an election in December despite speculation that he is trying to circumvent term limits that forbid him from running again.
Kabila to contest or not
Prime MinisterBruno Tshibala told Reuters this week that Kabila …
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Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the regional capital, Goma.
According to the government, the fighters are backed by Uganda and Rwanda, who are interested in the country's diamond mines and other minerals.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.
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*Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba, weeks after his conviction for war crimes was quashed at The Hague, was nominated by his party on Friday for December’s presidential vote, in what could be the stiffest challenge to PresidentJoseph Kabila’s ruling coalition.*
The election is due to choose a successor to Kabila, who is term-limited after having governed since 2001, and could herald Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratic transition after decades marked by repeated coups and prolo…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to a tenth of the world's languages.
In the capital Kinshasa, Cocolette Collo was born a Luba, a people who come the central part of the country mainly in the troubled Kasai region.
But, she cannot speak Tshiluba. She she is fluent in Swahili, Kinyarwanda Lingala and French.
She is worried that some of the local languages will become extinct in a few years to come.
"I do not believe that my mother tongue will still exist in 10 or 15 years to come i…
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NaturalSoundXFAEarly on Saturday, a military band and guard of honour stood by at Harare's main airport to mark the departure of Laurent Kabila's body aboard a presidential jet headed for his home town of Lubumbashi in southeastern Congo.
Only state television and reporters from the state media were allowed access to the departure ceremony.
Access was also limited to state journalists on Friday when Kabila's body lay at the 1 Commando Barracks, headquarters of an elite infantry unit that is among front-line Zimbabwean troops in the Congo.
PresidentRobert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the main military ally of the slain Congolese leader, said his troops will continue to defend the Congo from what he termed
"acts of aggression," the state-controlled media reported on Saturday.
Mugabe was speaking after viewing the body of Kabila lying in state in an open white and gold casket at the military barracks in southern Harare late on Friday.
Mugabe declared three days of official mourning in Zimbabwe. Flags will be flown at half staff, he said.
Kabila is due to be buried in Lubumbashi on Sunday.
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The Congolese Civil Wars, which began in 1996, brought about the end of Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year reign and devastated the country. The wars ultimately involved nine African nations, multiple groups of UN peacekeepers and twenty armed groups, and resulted in the deaths of 5.4 million people.

Democratic republic

A democratic republic is, strictly speaking, a country that is both a republic and a democracy. It is one where ultimate authority and power is derived from the citizens, and the government itself is run through elected officials.

Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)

The Republic of the Congo (French:République du Congo) or Congo-Léopoldville was a state founded after independence was granted to the former Belgian Congo in 1960. The country's post-independence name remained until 1 August 1964, when it was changed to Democratic Republic of the Congo to distinguish it from the neighboring Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), formerly the French Congo. The period between 1960 and 1965 is referred to as the First Congolese Republic while the current Democratic Republic of the Congo is the Third Republic.

Unrest and rebellion plagued the government until 1965, when Lieutenant General Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, by then commander-in-chief of the national army, seized control of the country. In 1971, Mobutu changed the country's name to Zaire, and remained its president until 1997.

Colonial rule

The conditions in the Congo improved following the Belgian government's takeover from the Congo Free State in 1908. Select Bantu languages were taught in primary schools, a rare occurrence in colonial education. Colonial doctors greatly reduced the spread of African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness.

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Agkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. When antagonized, they will stand their ground by coiling their bodies and displaying their fangs. Although their aggression has been exaggerated, individuals may bite when feeling threatened or being handled. This is the world's only semiaquatic viper, usually found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes, streams, and marshes. The snake is a strong swimmer and will even enter the sea. It has successfully colonized islands off both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

The generic name is derived from the Greek words ancistro (hooked) and odon (tooth), and the specific name comes from the Latinpiscis (fish) and voro (to eat); thus, the scientific name translates into “hooked-tooth fish-eater”. Common names include variants on water moccasin, swamp moccasin, black moccasin, cottonmouth, gapper, or simply viper. Many of the common names refer to the threat display, where this species will often stand its ground and gape at an intruder, exposing the white lining of its mouth. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. Its diet consists mainly of fish and frogs but is otherwise highly varied and, uniquely, has even been reported to include carrion.

Congo River

The Congo River (also known as the Zaire River; French:(le) fleuve Congo/Zaïre; Portuguese:rio Congo/Zaire) is a river in Africa. It is the second largest river in the world by discharge (after the Amazon), and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of 220m (720ft).
The Congo-Chambeshi river has an overall length of 4,700km (2,920mi), which makes it the ninth longest river (in terms of discharge, the Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, Lualaba being the name of the Congo River upstream of the Boyoma Falls, extending for 1,800km).
Measured along the Lualaba, the Congo River has a total length of 4,370km (2,715mi). It crosses the equator twice.
The Congo Basin has a total area of about 4 million km2, or 13% of the entire African landmass.

Name

The River Congo got its name from the Kingdom of Kongo which was situated on the left banks of the river estuary. The kingdom is in turn named for its Bantu population, in the 17th century reported as Esikongo. South of the Kongo kingdom proper lay the similarly named Kakongo kingdom, mentioned in 1535.
Abraham Ortelius in his world map of 1564 labels as Manicongo the city at the mouth of the river.
The tribal names in kongo possibly derive from a word for a public gathering or tribal assembly.

Congolese journalists covering the anti-government protests that have rocked the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the past year and a half are telling vastly different stories, depending on the outlet they work for.
In a media landscape that is heavily politicised, reporters are presenting conflicting narratives, too often based on political interests rather than facts.
Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed. It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public.
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en DangerNearly 15 years since the end of the civil war, the majority of the DRC's media outlets - approximately 80 percent - are in the hands, or under direct control, of politicians. To explain why this is the case, you have to rewind a couple of decades, to the 1990s, when the 30-year rule of President MobutuSese Seko officially came to an end.
"Before 1990, under the dictatorship, there were only two or three media outlets, all of which acted as the government's megaphone. But after 1990 we had a period of political openness and there was a media explosion - hundreds of radio stations, newspapers and TV channels were created: every politician wanted their own media outlet, not to disseminate information, but rather for political propaganda," explains Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general of Congolese press freedom organisation Journaliste en Danger.
With funding tied to political interests, journalists in the DRC are restricted in the stories they can - and cannot - tell.
Jennifer Bakody, a former journalist at UN-funded Radio Okapi, says that "the crux of the problems in the Congo is money. Congolese journalists need salaries. The work that they are doing serves a very important function in society but is rarely salaried in the way that we understand it to be. The money that a journalist receives is directly tied to the stories that he or she covers. The issue then very much becomes brown envelope journalism."
Guy Muyembe, president of blogging conglomerate Habari DRC, explains that political ownership has serious consequences for journalists' ability to deliver objective information.
"Owners intervene and define the editorial line, they force you to cover some topics and not others - for example, prioritising the coverage of political meetings or the companies funding their activities, rather than everyday life. Freedom of the press is completely restricted - there is no chance to be independent and this creates big problems."
But political financing - and the brown envelope journalism and corruption that go hand in hand - are not the only problems journalists in the DRC are facing. Reporters who criticise the government or the country's numerous militia organisations - through stories of human rights abuses, mismanagement or corruption - face the threat of harassment, arrest, and even murder.
Eliezer Tambwe, editor of Tokomo Wapi, an online outlet that calls for the resignation of PresidentJoseph Kabila, was arrested by security forces in March. He believes his arrest was the result of his coverage of the nation-wide protests.
"My reporting was upsetting the regime, and that's definitely why I was arrested. I was showing the public that it is not right that the government is spilling people's blood, that it is suppressing people who are just demanding their rights. Because I was doing that, they needed to find a reason to silence me."
And it's not just Tambwe.
"Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed," says Tshivuad. "It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public."
Contributors:
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en Danger
Jennifer Bakody, author of Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station That Helped Bring Peace to The Congo, and former journalist at Radio Okapi
Eliezer Tambwe, editor, Tokomo Wapi
Fiston Kamanda, journalist, RTNC
Guy Muyembe, president, Habari RDC
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Africans In DRC Tell UN to Leave? (Rare Footage)

Citizens of Beni state in DRC are tired with UN sildiers commonly known as MONUC. Recently they confronted the soldiers in anger and are told them to leave their country and Go back where they came from...Developing.

1:07

Kabila's Congo to consider legal protection for ex-presidents

Kabila's Congo to consider legal protection for ex-presidents

Kabila's Congo to consider legal protection for ex-presidents

*Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament will, at PresidentJoseph Kabila’s request, hold a special session to consider legislation providing legal protection for former presidents, lawmakers said.*
The announcement could be a further sign that Kabila intends to step down after an election in December despite speculation that he is trying to circumvent term limits that forbid him from running again.
Kabila to contest or not
Prime MinisterBruno Tshibala told Reuters this week that Kabila …
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2:17

DR Congo rebels take control of Goma

DR Congo rebels take control of Goma

DR Congo rebels take control of Goma

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Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the regional capital, Goma.
According to the government, the fighters are backed by Uganda and Rwanda, who are interested in the country's diamond mines and other minerals.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.
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1:01

DR Congo opposition leader Bemba nominated for presidential election

DR Congo opposition leader Bemba nominated for presidential election

DR Congo opposition leader Bemba nominated for presidential election

*Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba, weeks after his conviction for war crimes was quashed at The Hague, was nominated by his party on Friday for December’s presidential vote, in what could be the stiffest challenge to PresidentJoseph Kabila’s ruling coalition.*
The election is due to choose a successor to Kabila, who is term-limited after having governed since 2001, and could herald Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratic transition after decades marked by repeated coups and prolo…
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1:34

DR Congo's 'lost' languages

DR Congo's 'lost' languages

DR Congo's 'lost' languages

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to a tenth of the world's languages.
In the capital Kinshasa, Cocolette Collo was born a Luba, a people who come the central part of the country mainly in the troubled Kasai region.
But, she cannot speak Tshiluba. She she is fluent in Swahili, Kinyarwanda Lingala and French.
She is worried that some of the local languages will become extinct in a few years to come.
"I do not believe that my mother tongue will still exist in 10 or 15 years to come i…
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1:48

ZIMBABWE: BODY OF LAURENT KABILA LEAVE FOR DR CONGO

ZIMBABWE: BODY OF LAURENT KABILA LEAVE FOR DR CONGO

ZIMBABWE: BODY OF LAURENT KABILA LEAVE FOR DR CONGO

NaturalSoundXFAEarly on Saturday, a military band and guard of honour stood by at Harare's main airport to mark the departure of Laurent Kabila's body aboard a presidential jet headed for his home town of Lubumbashi in southeastern Congo.
Only state television and reporters from the state media were allowed access to the departure ceremony.
Access was also limited to state journalists on Friday when Kabila's body lay at the 1 Commando Barracks, headquarters of an elite infantry unit that is among front-line Zimbabwean troops in the Congo.
PresidentRobert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the main military ally of the slain Congolese leader, said his troops will continue to defend the Congo from what he termed
"acts of aggression," the state-controlled media reported on Saturday.
Mugabe was speaking after viewing the body of Kabila lying in state in an open white and gold casket at the military barracks in southern Harare late on Friday.
Mugabe declared three days of official mourning in Zimbabwe. Flags will be flown at half staff, he said.
Kabila is due to be buried in Lubumbashi on Sunday.
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1:01

Bemba expected back in DR Congo in July ahead of presidential elections

Bemba expected back in DR Congo in July ahead of presidential elections

Bemba expected back in DR Congo in July ahead of presidential elections

*Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to Congo next month for a party congress to select a candidate for December’s presidential vote, a party spokesman said on Friday.*
Bemba, a former rebel leader and vice president, left Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2007 and spent the last 10 years in prison in The Hague. He is currently free in Belgium pending a hearing on a separate conviction for witness tamperi…
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Congolese journalists covering the anti-government protests that have rocked the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the past year and a half are telling vastly different stories, depending on the outlet they work for.
In a media landscape that is heavily politicised, reporters are presenting conflicting narratives, too often based on political interests rather than facts.
Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed. It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public.
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en DangerNearly 15 years since the end of the civil war, the maj...

The Netherlands on DR Congo - Media Stakeout (11 October 2018)

Africans In DRC Tell UN to Leave? (Rare Footage)

Citizens of Beni state in DRC are tired with UN sildiers commonly known as MONUC. Recently they confronted the soldiers in anger and are told them to leave their country and Go back where they came from...Developing.

published: 29 Oct 2018

Kabila's Congo to consider legal protection for ex-presidents

*Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament will, at PresidentJoseph Kabila’s request, hold a special session to consider legislation providing legal protection for former presidents, lawmakers said.*
The announcement could be a further sign that Kabila intends to step down after an election in December despite speculation that he is trying to circumvent term limits that forbid him from running again.
Kabila to contest or not
Prime MinisterBruno Tshibala told Reuters this week that Kabila …
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published: 17 Jun 2018

DR Congo rebels take control of Goma

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Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the regional capital, Goma.
According to the government, the fighters are backed by Uganda and Rwanda, who are interested in the country's diamond mines and other minerals.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.
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Our impartial, fact-base...

published: 20 Nov 2012

DR Congo opposition leader Bemba nominated for presidential election

*Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba, weeks after his conviction for war crimes was quashed at The Hague, was nominated by his party on Friday for December’s presidential vote, in what could be the stiffest challenge to PresidentJoseph Kabila’s ruling coalition.*
The election is due to choose a successor to Kabila, who is term-limited after having governed since 2001, and could herald Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratic transition after decades marked by repeated coups and prolo…
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published: 14 Jul 2018

DR Congo's 'lost' languages

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to a tenth of the world's languages.
In the capital Kinshasa, Cocolette Collo was born a Luba, a people who come the central part of the country mainly in the troubled Kasai region.
But, she cannot speak Tshiluba. She she is fluent in Swahili, Kinyarwanda Lingala and French.
She is worried that some of the local languages will become extinct in a few years to come.
"I do not believe that my mother tongue will still exist in 10 or 15 years to come i…
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2017/04/28/dr-congo-s-lost-languages
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published: 01 May 2017

ZIMBABWE: BODY OF LAURENT KABILA LEAVE FOR DR CONGO

NaturalSoundXFAEarly on Saturday, a military band and guard of honour stood by at Harare's main airport to mark the departure of Laurent Kabila's body aboard a presidential jet headed for his home town of Lubumbashi in southeastern Congo.
Only state television and reporters from the state media were allowed access to the departure ceremony.
Access was also limited to state journalists on Friday when Kabila's body lay at the 1 Commando Barracks, headquarters of an elite infantry unit that is among front-line Zimbabwean troops in the Congo.
PresidentRobert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the main military ally of the slain Congolese leader, said his troops will continue to defend the Congo from what he termed
"acts of aggression," the state-controlled media reported on Saturday.
Muga...

published: 21 Jul 2015

Bemba expected back in DR Congo in July ahead of presidential elections

Congolese journalists covering the anti-government protests that have rocked the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the past year and a half are telling vastly different stories, depending on the outlet they work for.
In a media landscape that is heavily politicised, reporters are presenting conflicting narratives, too often based on political interests rather than facts.
Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed. It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public.
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en DangerNearly 15 years since the end of the civil war, the majority of the DRC's media outlets - approximately 80 percent - are in the hands, or under direct control, of politicians. To explain why this is the case, you have to rewind a couple of decades, to the 1990s, when the 30-year rule of President MobutuSese Seko officially came to an end.
"Before 1990, under the dictatorship, there were only two or three media outlets, all of which acted as the government's megaphone. But after 1990 we had a period of political openness and there was a media explosion - hundreds of radio stations, newspapers and TV channels were created: every politician wanted their own media outlet, not to disseminate information, but rather for political propaganda," explains Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general of Congolese press freedom organisation Journaliste en Danger.
With funding tied to political interests, journalists in the DRC are restricted in the stories they can - and cannot - tell.
Jennifer Bakody, a former journalist at UN-funded Radio Okapi, says that "the crux of the problems in the Congo is money. Congolese journalists need salaries. The work that they are doing serves a very important function in society but is rarely salaried in the way that we understand it to be. The money that a journalist receives is directly tied to the stories that he or she covers. The issue then very much becomes brown envelope journalism."
Guy Muyembe, president of blogging conglomerate Habari DRC, explains that political ownership has serious consequences for journalists' ability to deliver objective information.
"Owners intervene and define the editorial line, they force you to cover some topics and not others - for example, prioritising the coverage of political meetings or the companies funding their activities, rather than everyday life. Freedom of the press is completely restricted - there is no chance to be independent and this creates big problems."
But political financing - and the brown envelope journalism and corruption that go hand in hand - are not the only problems journalists in the DRC are facing. Reporters who criticise the government or the country's numerous militia organisations - through stories of human rights abuses, mismanagement or corruption - face the threat of harassment, arrest, and even murder.
Eliezer Tambwe, editor of Tokomo Wapi, an online outlet that calls for the resignation of PresidentJoseph Kabila, was arrested by security forces in March. He believes his arrest was the result of his coverage of the nation-wide protests.
"My reporting was upsetting the regime, and that's definitely why I was arrested. I was showing the public that it is not right that the government is spilling people's blood, that it is suppressing people who are just demanding their rights. Because I was doing that, they needed to find a reason to silence me."
And it's not just Tambwe.
"Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed," says Tshivuad. "It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public."
Contributors:
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en Danger
Jennifer Bakody, author of Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station That Helped Bring Peace to The Congo, and former journalist at Radio Okapi
Eliezer Tambwe, editor, Tokomo Wapi
Fiston Kamanda, journalist, RTNC
Guy Muyembe, president, Habari RDC
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Congolese journalists covering the anti-government protests that have rocked the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the past year and a half are telling vastly different stories, depending on the outlet they work for.
In a media landscape that is heavily politicised, reporters are presenting conflicting narratives, too often based on political interests rather than facts.
Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed. It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public.
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en DangerNearly 15 years since the end of the civil war, the majority of the DRC's media outlets - approximately 80 percent - are in the hands, or under direct control, of politicians. To explain why this is the case, you have to rewind a couple of decades, to the 1990s, when the 30-year rule of President MobutuSese Seko officially came to an end.
"Before 1990, under the dictatorship, there were only two or three media outlets, all of which acted as the government's megaphone. But after 1990 we had a period of political openness and there was a media explosion - hundreds of radio stations, newspapers and TV channels were created: every politician wanted their own media outlet, not to disseminate information, but rather for political propaganda," explains Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general of Congolese press freedom organisation Journaliste en Danger.
With funding tied to political interests, journalists in the DRC are restricted in the stories they can - and cannot - tell.
Jennifer Bakody, a former journalist at UN-funded Radio Okapi, says that "the crux of the problems in the Congo is money. Congolese journalists need salaries. The work that they are doing serves a very important function in society but is rarely salaried in the way that we understand it to be. The money that a journalist receives is directly tied to the stories that he or she covers. The issue then very much becomes brown envelope journalism."
Guy Muyembe, president of blogging conglomerate Habari DRC, explains that political ownership has serious consequences for journalists' ability to deliver objective information.
"Owners intervene and define the editorial line, they force you to cover some topics and not others - for example, prioritising the coverage of political meetings or the companies funding their activities, rather than everyday life. Freedom of the press is completely restricted - there is no chance to be independent and this creates big problems."
But political financing - and the brown envelope journalism and corruption that go hand in hand - are not the only problems journalists in the DRC are facing. Reporters who criticise the government or the country's numerous militia organisations - through stories of human rights abuses, mismanagement or corruption - face the threat of harassment, arrest, and even murder.
Eliezer Tambwe, editor of Tokomo Wapi, an online outlet that calls for the resignation of PresidentJoseph Kabila, was arrested by security forces in March. He believes his arrest was the result of his coverage of the nation-wide protests.
"My reporting was upsetting the regime, and that's definitely why I was arrested. I was showing the public that it is not right that the government is spilling people's blood, that it is suppressing people who are just demanding their rights. Because I was doing that, they needed to find a reason to silence me."
And it's not just Tambwe.
"Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed," says Tshivuad. "It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public."
Contributors:
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en Danger
Jennifer Bakody, author of Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station That Helped Bring Peace to The Congo, and former journalist at Radio Okapi
Eliezer Tambwe, editor, Tokomo Wapi
Fiston Kamanda, journalist, RTNC
Guy Muyembe, president, Habari RDC
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Africans In DRC Tell UN to Leave? (Rare Footage)

Citizens of Beni state in DRC are tired with UN sildiers commonly known as MONUC. Recently they confronted the soldiers in anger and are told them to leave thei...

Citizens of Beni state in DRC are tired with UN sildiers commonly known as MONUC. Recently they confronted the soldiers in anger and are told them to leave their country and Go back where they came from...Developing.

Citizens of Beni state in DRC are tired with UN sildiers commonly known as MONUC. Recently they confronted the soldiers in anger and are told them to leave their country and Go back where they came from...Developing.

*Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament will, at PresidentJoseph Kabila’s request, hold a special session to consider legislation providing legal protection for former presidents, lawmakers said.*
The announcement could be a further sign that Kabila intends to step down after an election in December despite speculation that he is trying to circumvent term limits that forbid him from running again.
Kabila to contest or not
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*Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament will, at PresidentJoseph Kabila’s request, hold a special session to consider legislation providing legal protection for former presidents, lawmakers said.*
The announcement could be a further sign that Kabila intends to step down after an election in December despite speculation that he is trying to circumvent term limits that forbid him from running again.
Kabila to contest or not
Prime MinisterBruno Tshibala told Reuters this week that Kabila …
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Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the regional capital, Goma.
According to the government, the fighters are backed by Uganda and Rwanda, who are interested in the country's diamond mines and other minerals.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.
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Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the regional capital, Goma.
According to the government, the fighters are backed by Uganda and Rwanda, who are interested in the country's diamond mines and other minerals.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.
At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.'
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DR Congo opposition leader Bemba nominated for presidential election

*Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba, weeks after his conviction for war crimes was quashed at The Hague, was nominated by his party on Friday for December’s...

*Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba, weeks after his conviction for war crimes was quashed at The Hague, was nominated by his party on Friday for December’s presidential vote, in what could be the stiffest challenge to PresidentJoseph Kabila’s ruling coalition.*
The election is due to choose a successor to Kabila, who is term-limited after having governed since 2001, and could herald Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratic transition after decades marked by repeated coups and prolo…
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*Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba, weeks after his conviction for war crimes was quashed at The Hague, was nominated by his party on Friday for December’s presidential vote, in what could be the stiffest challenge to PresidentJoseph Kabila’s ruling coalition.*
The election is due to choose a successor to Kabila, who is term-limited after having governed since 2001, and could herald Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratic transition after decades marked by repeated coups and prolo…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to a tenth of the world's languages.
In the capital Kinshasa, Cocolette Collo was born a Luba, a people who come the central part of the country mainly in the troubled Kasai region.
But, she cannot speak Tshiluba. She she is fluent in Swahili, Kinyarwanda Lingala and French.
She is worried that some of the local languages will become extinct in a few years to come.
"I do not believe that my mother tongue will still exist in 10 or 15 years to come i…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to a tenth of the world's languages.
In the capital Kinshasa, Cocolette Collo was born a Luba, a people who come the central part of the country mainly in the troubled Kasai region.
But, she cannot speak Tshiluba. She she is fluent in Swahili, Kinyarwanda Lingala and French.
She is worried that some of the local languages will become extinct in a few years to come.
"I do not believe that my mother tongue will still exist in 10 or 15 years to come i…
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NaturalSoundXFAEarly on Saturday, a military band and guard of honour stood by at Harare's main airport to mark the departure of Laurent Kabila's body aboard a presidential jet headed for his home town of Lubumbashi in southeastern Congo.
Only state television and reporters from the state media were allowed access to the departure ceremony.
Access was also limited to state journalists on Friday when Kabila's body lay at the 1 Commando Barracks, headquarters of an elite infantry unit that is among front-line Zimbabwean troops in the Congo.
PresidentRobert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the main military ally of the slain Congolese leader, said his troops will continue to defend the Congo from what he termed
"acts of aggression," the state-controlled media reported on Saturday.
Mugabe was speaking after viewing the body of Kabila lying in state in an open white and gold casket at the military barracks in southern Harare late on Friday.
Mugabe declared three days of official mourning in Zimbabwe. Flags will be flown at half staff, he said.
Kabila is due to be buried in Lubumbashi on Sunday.
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NaturalSoundXFAEarly on Saturday, a military band and guard of honour stood by at Harare's main airport to mark the departure of Laurent Kabila's body aboard a presidential jet headed for his home town of Lubumbashi in southeastern Congo.
Only state television and reporters from the state media were allowed access to the departure ceremony.
Access was also limited to state journalists on Friday when Kabila's body lay at the 1 Commando Barracks, headquarters of an elite infantry unit that is among front-line Zimbabwean troops in the Congo.
PresidentRobert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the main military ally of the slain Congolese leader, said his troops will continue to defend the Congo from what he termed
"acts of aggression," the state-controlled media reported on Saturday.
Mugabe was speaking after viewing the body of Kabila lying in state in an open white and gold casket at the military barracks in southern Harare late on Friday.
Mugabe declared three days of official mourning in Zimbabwe. Flags will be flown at half staff, he said.
Kabila is due to be buried in Lubumbashi on Sunday.
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Bemba expected back in DR Congo in July ahead of presidential elections

*Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to Congo next month for a party cong...

*Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to Congo next month for a party congress to select a candidate for December’s presidential vote, a party spokesman said on Friday.*
Bemba, a former rebel leader and vice president, left Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2007 and spent the last 10 years in prison in The Hague. He is currently free in Belgium pending a hearing on a separate conviction for witness tamperi…
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*Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to Congo next month for a party congress to select a candidate for December’s presidential vote, a party spokesman said on Friday.*
Bemba, a former rebel leader and vice president, left Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2007 and spent the last 10 years in prison in The Hague. He is currently free in Belgium pending a hearing on a separate conviction for witness tamperi…
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Congolese journalists covering the anti-government protests that have rocked the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the past year and a half are telling vastly different stories, depending on the outlet they work for.
In a media landscape that is heavily politicised, reporters are presenting conflicting narratives, too often based on political interests rather than facts.
Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed. It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public.
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en DangerNearly 15 years since the end of the civil war, the majority of the DRC's media outlets - approximately 80 percent - are in the hands, or under direct control, of politicians. To explain why this is the case, you have to rewind a couple of decades, to the 1990s, when the 30-year rule of President MobutuSese Seko officially came to an end.
"Before 1990, under the dictatorship, there were only two or three media outlets, all of which acted as the government's megaphone. But after 1990 we had a period of political openness and there was a media explosion - hundreds of radio stations, newspapers and TV channels were created: every politician wanted their own media outlet, not to disseminate information, but rather for political propaganda," explains Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general of Congolese press freedom organisation Journaliste en Danger.
With funding tied to political interests, journalists in the DRC are restricted in the stories they can - and cannot - tell.
Jennifer Bakody, a former journalist at UN-funded Radio Okapi, says that "the crux of the problems in the Congo is money. Congolese journalists need salaries. The work that they are doing serves a very important function in society but is rarely salaried in the way that we understand it to be. The money that a journalist receives is directly tied to the stories that he or she covers. The issue then very much becomes brown envelope journalism."
Guy Muyembe, president of blogging conglomerate Habari DRC, explains that political ownership has serious consequences for journalists' ability to deliver objective information.
"Owners intervene and define the editorial line, they force you to cover some topics and not others - for example, prioritising the coverage of political meetings or the companies funding their activities, rather than everyday life. Freedom of the press is completely restricted - there is no chance to be independent and this creates big problems."
But political financing - and the brown envelope journalism and corruption that go hand in hand - are not the only problems journalists in the DRC are facing. Reporters who criticise the government or the country's numerous militia organisations - through stories of human rights abuses, mismanagement or corruption - face the threat of harassment, arrest, and even murder.
Eliezer Tambwe, editor of Tokomo Wapi, an online outlet that calls for the resignation of PresidentJoseph Kabila, was arrested by security forces in March. He believes his arrest was the result of his coverage of the nation-wide protests.
"My reporting was upsetting the regime, and that's definitely why I was arrested. I was showing the public that it is not right that the government is spilling people's blood, that it is suppressing people who are just demanding their rights. Because I was doing that, they needed to find a reason to silence me."
And it's not just Tambwe.
"Many journalists have been arrested, beaten up, or had their material destroyed," says Tshivuad. "It leads to self-censorship because journalists are afraid. It goes to show the government's desire to control the flow of information and essentially, to stop journalists from doing their job of informing the public."
Contributors:
Tshivis Tshivuad, secretary-general, Journaliste en Danger
Jennifer Bakody, author of Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station That Helped Bring Peace to The Congo, and former journalist at Radio Okapi
Eliezer Tambwe, editor, Tokomo Wapi
Fiston Kamanda, journalist, RTNC
Guy Muyembe, president, Habari RDC
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Africans In DRC Tell UN to Leave? (Rare Footage)

Citizens of Beni state in DRC are tired with UN sildiers commonly known as MONUC. Recently they confronted the soldiers in anger and are told them to leave their country and Go back where they came from...Developing.

Kabila's Congo to consider legal protection for ex-presidents

*Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament will, at PresidentJoseph Kabila’s request, hold a special session to consider legislation providing legal protection for former presidents, lawmakers said.*
The announcement could be a further sign that Kabila intends to step down after an election in December despite speculation that he is trying to circumvent term limits that forbid him from running again.
Kabila to contest or not
Prime MinisterBruno Tshibala told Reuters this week that Kabila …
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DR Congo rebels take control of Goma

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Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the regional capital, Goma.
According to the government, the fighters are backed by Uganda and Rwanda, who are interested in the country's diamond mines and other minerals.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.
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DR Congo opposition leader Bemba nominated for presidential election

*Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba, weeks after his conviction for war crimes was quashed at The Hague, was nominated by his party on Friday for December’s presidential vote, in what could be the stiffest challenge to PresidentJoseph Kabila’s ruling coalition.*
The election is due to choose a successor to Kabila, who is term-limited after having governed since 2001, and could herald Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratic transition after decades marked by repeated coups and prolo…
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DR Congo's 'lost' languages

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to a tenth of the world's languages.
In the capital Kinshasa, Cocolette Collo was born a Luba, a people who come the central part of the country mainly in the troubled Kasai region.
But, she cannot speak Tshiluba. She she is fluent in Swahili, Kinyarwanda Lingala and French.
She is worried that some of the local languages will become extinct in a few years to come.
"I do not believe that my mother tongue will still exist in 10 or 15 years to come i…
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ZIMBABWE: BODY OF LAURENT KABILA LEAVE FOR DR CONGO

NaturalSoundXFAEarly on Saturday, a military band and guard of honour stood by at Harare's main airport to mark the departure of Laurent Kabila's body aboard a presidential jet headed for his home town of Lubumbashi in southeastern Congo.
Only state television and reporters from the state media were allowed access to the departure ceremony.
Access was also limited to state journalists on Friday when Kabila's body lay at the 1 Commando Barracks, headquarters of an elite infantry unit that is among front-line Zimbabwean troops in the Congo.
PresidentRobert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the main military ally of the slain Congolese leader, said his troops will continue to defend the Congo from what he termed
"acts of aggression," the state-controlled media reported on Saturday.
Mugabe was speaking after viewing the body of Kabila lying in state in an open white and gold casket at the military barracks in southern Harare late on Friday.
Mugabe declared three days of official mourning in Zimbabwe. Flags will be flown at half staff, he said.
Kabila is due to be buried in Lubumbashi on Sunday.
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Bemba expected back in DR Congo in July ahead of presidential elections

*Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to Congo next month for a party congress to select a candidate for December’s presidential vote, a party spokesman said on Friday.*
Bemba, a former rebel leader and vice president, left Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2007 and spent the last 10 years in prison in The Hague. He is currently free in Belgium pending a hearing on a separate conviction for witness tamperi…
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The Congolese Civil Wars, which began in 1996, brought about the end of Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year reign and devastated the country. The wars ultimately involved nine African nations, multiple groups of UN peacekeepers and twenty armed groups, and resulted in the deaths of 5.4 million people.